JakeSAFC Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Great signing. How will you make it not is the question Probably by playing hoofball Lets hope that doesnt happen though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 35 minutes ago, JakeSAFC said: Probably by playing hoofball Lets hope that doesnt happen though That would suit him. Get him running in behind defenders. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB_Bino Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 What's happened to the Albion forum? I'm assuming gorilla hasn't paid the bills as he hadn't been seen for months. Going by his Facebook page there are issues with the server/host. Hopefully it will be back up and running soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 That would suit him. Get him running in behind defenders. Rather not see hoofball tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Team in Angus Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Great bit of business getting in Layne he had a great spell at Brechin and if you keep all year would think he will end up division 2 top scorer . I for one would have loved to have seen him back at Brechin, but best of luck to him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Time for the board to step up and sack McLaren, its not good enough 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhliston Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) 40 minutes ago, JakeSAFC said: Time for the board to step up and sack McLaren, its not good enough Cant see it happening this early in the season but if I was on the Board I would have cause for concern if we continue to ship goals. I would expect them to hope the side improves and if it does not expect them to act. I`d give him to the first quarter of the season and if were in the bottom half then expect them to act, if not the fans will make their feelings well known. That's 8 goals shipped in 2 away games, simply not good enough if we are to have any ambitions for playoffs/promotion this season. We face Edinburgh City next at Forthbank and would expect us to win, then we face the current League Leaders Forfar away and if our defence plays like today then its going to be another bad day. Edited August 27, 2016 by rhliston 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headthebaw Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Time for the board to step up and sack McLaren, its not good enough Not going to happen. Tbh I think it's way too early in the season to make this call. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJBRFC Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Not going to happen. Tbh I think it's way too early in the season to make this call. Might be early in the season but this has been our constant form since he took over, its time for him to go 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhliston Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 1 hour ago, JakeSAFC said: Might be early in the season but this has been our constant form since he took over, its time for him to go Every since the Boxing Day 2015 game against East Fife we have struggled and apart from the odd freak result against Montrose we have done nothing. Our defence is a bomb scare, shipping in goals especially away from home this season. The only thing in our favour just now are their teams like Cowdenbeath, Montrose and Edinburgh City who are worse than us just now in that order and unless our defence improves then forget about playoffs and promotion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos123sam Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) 2 minutes ago, rhliston said: Every since the Boxing Day 2015 game against East Fife we have struggled and apart from the odd freak result against Montrose we have done nothing. Our defence is a bomb scare, shipping in goals especially away from home this season. The only thing in our favour just now are their teams like Cowdenbeath, Montrose and Edinburgh City who are worse than us just now in that order and unless our defence improves then forget about playoffs and promotion. If our defence doesn't improve, then I wouldn't be surprised if we make the play-offs, but not the ones we're hoping for. Edited August 27, 2016 by Binos123sam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhliston Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 If our defence doesn't improve, then I wouldn't be surprised if we make the play-offs, but not the ones we're hoping for. I don't think we are bad as that but clearly if we don't improve then it's another season wasted finishing 6th or 7th in the League. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I don't think we are bad as that but clearly if we don't improve then it's another season wasted finishing 6th or 7th in the League. I personally cant see us improving under McLaren, keep him longer and it will be a wasted season sitting in 6th or 7th 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhliston Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 2 hours ago, JakeSAFC said: I personally cant see us improving under McLaren, keep him longer and it will be a wasted season sitting in 6th or 7th Hopefully we can improve but as I have said previously the Board made the decision to give him an extension to his contract despite the performance last season in finishing 7th. He is at the last chance saloon imo and if results don`t go well in the next 4 or 5 weeks and we continue to ship goals then I expect the Board to get rid of him. He`s being given more money than Greg McDonald had in the signing of Blair Henderson tbh and while he looks like a good signing so far we need to make sure the defence stops leaking goals overwise its pointless being able to score goals but lose more at the other end, that's what the manager is paid to sort out and if he can`t then he needs to be replaced with someone who is capable of doing that. Football is a results driven business and if the results are poor then ultimately the manager carries the can. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I hope we can improve to but honestly cannot see it happening 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmca Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 On 27/08/2016 at 22:07, rhliston said: Every since the Boxing Day 2015 game against East Fife we have struggled and apart from the odd freak result against Montrose we have done nothing. Our defence is a bomb scare, shipping in goals especially away from home this season. The only thing in our favour just now are their teams like Cowdenbeath, Montrose and Edinburgh City who are worse than us just now in that order and unless our defence improves then forget about playoffs and promotion. That's true, but we've only conceded 2 goals at home in the 4 league cup and league games, compared to 14 away goals conceded. Goals for are 8 at home, and 6 away in the same games. Suggests we're able to defend okay at home, though facts and figures don't always tell the whole story. I'm sure the management team see this, and are able to successfully address the issues in the coming weeks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB_Bino Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 "It means that they go into the international break with only four points from a possible 12 so far in Ladbrokes League 2""It’s now 14 games without an away win in all competitions since Darren Smith’s hat-trick saw off Montrose 3-1 at Links Park in mid-December".....terrible.www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/stirling-albion-left-frustrated-after-8742461 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartyMac Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 On 29/08/2016 at 12:36, gmca said: I'm sure the management team see this, and are able to successfully address the issues in the coming weeks. Aye ok, It was glaringly obvious the defence was a weak point of the team, yet throughout the entire summer, he did nothing to 'address' it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhliston Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 13 hours ago, StewartyMac said: Aye ok, It was glaringly obvious the defence was a weak point of the team, yet throughout the entire summer, he did nothing to 'address' it. I didn't think the defence was that bad tbh, it could be that McLaren thought his main concern lay in the midfield and up front. He has brought in a couple of good players in Hodge, Ferns, Henderson and MacKenzie who have shown they can perform well but I just wonder why he dropped Davidson from the lineup to the bench this season. Imo he should be a starter, also surely Jamie Mills should be getting more game time, Ross Forsyth has been a good servant to the club but I feel he should be playing less this season and Mills should be given the chance to show what he can do at left back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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